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Mission residents recall finding shell casing after Bacon associate shot
A Mission mom testified in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday about being out on a walk with her toddler a decade ago when the little girl picked up a shiny object she saw on the road. “My first concern was my...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witnesses found bullets after Karbovanec shooting
More people who lived on the street where drug trafficker Dennis Karbovanec was shot on New Year’s in 2008 testified at the trial of Jamie Bacon Thursday. One of Bacon’s former associates, who got a...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Cuts to gun testing att lab
I wrote about this issue last week, then learned that the RCMP has issued a new directive further cutting the number of illegal guns being sent for testing. This is really disturbing given that guns...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former Bacon associate testifies against him
The first of two former associates of Jamie Bacon has taken the stand against him. The man, who can only be identified as AB, said he was a good friend of Bacon’s, as well as a business partner in the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: AB tried to protect Bacon after Karbovaence shooting
There was more interesting testimony at the Bacon trial Friday as witness AB said he was so loyal to Bacon at the time that he tried to convince Dennis Karbovanec that Bacon had nothing to do with the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Video of Karbovanec played at Bacon trial
Former Jamie Bacon associate AB continued his testimony Monday. The most interesting part of the day was when the Crown played video clips of shooting victim Dennis Karbovanec in court describing the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: More charges laid against Kang group after major gang investigation
Vancouver Police say four men have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder after a successful multi-agency investigation to disrupt gang violence on the Lower Mainland. Newly charged in the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former Bacon associate admits crimes on witness stand
It was another interesting day at the Bacon trial Tuesday when a defence lawyer for the accused got his chance to poke holes in the testimony of former associate Witness AB. Here’s my story: Former...
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REAL SCOOP: Witness AB admits dislike of Karbovanec
AB is still under cross-examination at the Jamie Bacon trial. But he likely won’t be back on the stand until at least next week after the case was adjourned Thursday due to an issue that arose. Here’s...
View ArticleDoing other sports can help your Sun Run training
We are over the half-way mark of our Sun Run 2019 training! It’s amazing how fast the program flies by. The snow is mostly gone. Our Run 10K Hillcrest group is now running for much longer stretches....
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REAL SCOOP: Crown witness says his crew was prepared to kill Johnston
AB – the former associate of Jamie Bacon now testifying against him – was back under cross-examination Monday by Bacon defence lawyer Kimberly Eldred. Bacon seemed very involved in his defence, writing...
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REAL SCOOP: Ruling cuts parts of expert report in HA civil forfeiture case
The B.C. government’s civil forfeiture case against the Hells Angels took a hit this week when a judge struck parts of an “expert” report the government filed in support of its efforts to get three...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness says bullets "whizzed by" his head, but he didn't run
The cross-examination of AB is winding down at the Jamie Bacon trial. He held his ground Wednesday when Bacon’s lawyer Kimberly Eldred suggested the shooting of Dennis Karbovanec wasn’t premeditated,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: James Vidal gunned down in Chilliwack
Just getting back to the blog after being up in Kamloops earlier this week to research a story on the gang violence that has plagued the community this year. So I have yet to post on the murder of...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Man linked to Brothers Keepers shot at training centre
Just months after his brother Harb survived a Richmond shooting, Meninder Dhaliwal was wounded by gunfire outside a longshore workers training centre on Mitchell Island March 23. Both men, originally...
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REAL SCOOP: Kamloops facing deadly gang violence
Kamloops had three fatal shootings in the first six weeks of 2019 – a record for the small hub city. Contributing to the problem are bigger city gangs that have some control over the local Kamloops...
View ArticleSUN RUN: Tough to train when on the road for work
Every year, someone writing about their Sun Run training comments on the challenges of keeping up with the program while away on vacation. They post photos of themselves straining as they run along a...
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REAL SCOOP: Roueche appeals for reduction in 30-year sentence
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche wants the judge who sentenced him to 30 years back in 2009 to knock a few years off his sentence. Roueche is representing himself in trying to get his term...
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REAL SCOOP: UN associate linked to B.C. men jailed in China and Thailand
Back in January, former Abbotsford resident Robert Schellenberg told a court in China that the man behind an international drug ring that he got caught in was Khamla Wong. Wong, of course, has a long...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: UN killer wants pay out for prison attack
I first reported on United Nations gang killer Michael Newman’s suit against the federal government back in 2014, alleging Kent Institution officers were negligent by placing him in an area where rival...
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